Simon Cowell’s new boy band December 10 have been threatened with authorized motion over their band title.
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The brand new group – comprising Hendrik Christoffersen, Cruz Lee-Ojo, John Fadare, Nicolas Alves, Josh Olliver, Danny Bretherton and Sean Hayden – have been put collectively as a part of the media mogul’s new Netflix particular The Subsequent Act every week in the past.
Nonetheless, their title has already ruffled feathers with the Scottish steel band December Tenth’s social media being inundated with messages complicated the 2 bands.
The singer of December Tenth wrote on social media: “It got here to mild over the previous couple of days that Simon Cowell, Netflix and Common Music, are concerned in a brand new boy band that share, to some extent, our title December Tenth.
“Now if anybody in Simon’s crew, Common or Netflix, want to get in contact with ourselves and our authorized crew they will achieve this.
“I want to level out, the lots of of recent followers we have now over the previous couple of days are most welcome, however I’m not totally certain they’re all real.”
December Tenth mentioned: “Our social media accounts have blown up and we had no concept why. It seems that Simon Cowell has launched a brand new Netflix present, known as ‘December 10’. We are actually being inundated with effectively needs from followers of the present considering we’re that band.”
Ought to they’ve to alter their title, it would not be the primary time considered one of Simon’s teams has been compelled to rehink their title.
Again in 2011, X Issue woman group Little Combine have been initially known as Rhythmix till a charity complained about sharing the moniker.
